{"id":27079,"date":"2026-02-27T12:12:38","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T10:12:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers-qa\/channelafrica\/news\/hyatt-targets-five-fold-india-expansion-in-five-years\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:35:02","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:35:02","slug":"hyatt-targets-five-fold-india-expansion-in-five-years","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/hyatt-targets-five-fold-india-expansion-in-five-years\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Hyatt targets five-fold India expansion in five years&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Global hotel chains are racing to expand in India, riding a post-pandemic rebound in leisure travel among wealthier consumers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">&#8220;Given the growth of the industry, I would say that in five years&#8217; time, we should have five times the number of hotels that we have today, because that&#8217;s what the market would warrant,&#8221; Hyatt Hotels President, Mark S. Hoplamazian said at the HOPE conference in Goa.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Hyatt, which operates 55 hotels in India across cities including New Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru, had earlier set a target of expanding its network to 100 properties by 2030. Globally, Hyatt has more than 1 400 hotels. India&#8217;s population growth, rapid urbanisation and rising travel aspirations are driving an industry expected to nearly double to $55.7 billion by 2031 from $23.5 billion in 2025, according to consultancy Mordor Intelligence.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">&#8211;Reuters&#8211;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":27080,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[44],"class_list":["post-27079","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-finance","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Hyatt Hotels expects to quintuple its India footprint over the next five years, its chief executive said on Friday, as the United States hotel operator bets on a surge in domestic travel and rising consumer spending in the world's most populous nation","published_date":"2026-02-27 00:00:00","news_description":"Hyatt Hotels expects to quintuple its India footprint over the next five years, its chief executive said on Friday, as the United States hotel operator bets on a surge in domestic travel and rising consumer spending in the world's most populous nation","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/27079","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/27079\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27347,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/27079\/revisions\/27347"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=27079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}